Word: israel
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...Lycurgus or God. He is uncommonly wise with a gift for lawmaking and an impeccable moral vision. His legislation is both moral and politic, popular and wise. Of course, the picture isn't completely rosy. Sometimes the people do not understand the message or the messenger. The people of Israel lose faith in Moses; the ten commandments are shattered at the foot of Sinai...
...unwelcoming as the people of Israel were, we are probably more stubborn in our skepticism. The professor-types tell us that we do not believe in big narratives any more. The moral foundation of this argument, the group politics of ethnicity and gender, make it difficult to imagine a single party capturing the moral imagination of America. By splitting morality into a set of policy issues, such as inner-city development and national testing, the parties hope to gather up as many of these special interests as possible. But by trying to please every one, the parties...
Twersky, an associate of Dudley House, was an authority on Rabbinical literature and Jewish thought, as well as a leader in Brookline's Jewish community. The rabbi's local funeral took place on Monday. His body was then transported to Israel for burial, according to an obituary in yesterday's Boston Globe...
EXTRADITION REFUSED. Of SAMUEL SHEINBEIN, 17, fugitive American high school senior accused of killing and dismembering a teenager in his Maryland neighborhood; by Israel, which claimed Sheinbein as a citizen because his father was born in British-ruled Palestine. That decision, however, is being re-examined...
...Israel releases a further nine Arab prisoners to Jordan (Reuters...